With the arrival of the envoy, the cavalry team of the "Princess Yingmiyun" sent by the Wing Dragon Guard, led by a hundred households, joined the chariot driver in Luzhou Mansion, and everyone in the team breathed a sigh of relief.

When passing through Chaohu Lake, he encountered a group of lake bandits robbing merchants, and was dispersed by Li Tiedao and captured the leader alive.

As a result, in the evening of the same day, the big leader of the lake bandits heard about this incident and came to ask for help, and found that the other party was the official's convoy, so he tied himself outside the camp and asked to see him.

During the conversation, Li Dan learned that this person's name was Jiao Tong, nicknamed the Iron Whip Scholar, and he was actually a Xiucai who was falsely accused of stealing, had no way to ask for help, and finally had to kill someone, and hid in the lake with his mother and young brother behind his back, so he felt compassion.

His brother was a seventeen-year-old bastard, and when he was caught, he learned that there was a sky outside the sky, and he was so frightened that he shook like chaff. Li Dan severely reprimanded this kid, then turned around and told Jiao Tong:

"If you want to release your brother, you have to rely on me for three things: the team accepted Zhao'an and was reorganized as the inspector of the Huxi Inspection Division of Lujiang County, responsible for maintaining law and order in Huxi;

I will send someone to be your instructor, train and reorganize according to the rules of my Tsing Yi team, and the instructor will be withdrawn after three years."

The last one is that Jiao Tong followed the team to Lujiang Mansion to take the lead, and Li Dan personally made a guarantee to ask the prefect for reduction, and then he stayed with Li Dan to do the secretary for three years.

Jiao Tong agreed to come down and draw a note on the protocol, and then went back to say goodbye to his mother and became a member of Li Dan's entourage.

There was an extra "Mountain King" in the team, which attracted the sideways glances of King Ding's entourage, and also frequently attracted the curious eyes of the maids.

When Li Dan went to greet King Ding and the princess, Mi Yun smiled and told him, "The mountain king you received, it is said that Bai Bai is not scary at all?"

"Ahem, people aren't robbers in the first place."

Li Dan told how Jiao Tong's family was forced to sell their ancestral property by the local wealthy family, he was falsely accused of stealing ancient books because he did not obey, his father died of anger, Jiao Tong escaped from prison and took the enemy to hide in Chaohu, and the audience embraced him as the "King of the Mountain", which caused the brothers and sisters to sigh and sigh.

"I thought that the world was singing and dancing, but who expected to come out this time and find that it was far from the case. Just look at how many people have lost their serious livelihood and fled to become bandits, you can know, 'The word "prosperous age" is just on the lips of the literati!" King Ding said.

"However, the grandmothers and maids around me all say that it is better now than before, and there are fewer displaced people, especially in the north in recent years, there have been many fewer wars!" Miyun frowned and asked, "Isn't what they said the truth?"

"It's a fact." Li Dan nodded: "The ministers and the people, everyone says that life is better now than before, and what His Highness said is indeed true. When there is more food, the people's hearts will be at peace, and the people will take food as the sky. But that's not enough."

"Not enough? If the people's hearts are insufficient, and they should compare themselves with the previous dynasty to see which dynasty made the people live better!" King Ding was a little angry.

If it were someone else, he might try to dismiss or laugh at the ignorance of the noble prince, but Li Dan felt the need to let his mind be touched, after all, he was the emperor's brother, if he couldn't have a more correct concept, then it might be this ignorance that affected the emperor.

"Chitose can know that the ancient sages have a saying: Cang Liao knows etiquette and etiquette?"

"Well, of course you know?"

"What the saint said is not only to feed one's stomach, but also to tell us a simple truth:

If there is not enough food in the rice urn, people have to run around to feed themselves, without thinking about whether they should observe the rites of propriety, which is a distant ideal for them." King Ding listened and nodded slightly in agreement.

Li Dan went on to say, "The ancient kings set the rites in order to let people follow this rite and perform their duties, and the so-called superiority and humility are for this purpose.

Later, the population multiplied, the weather was violated, and there was not enough food, so there was turmoil and the change of dynasties, until the new dynasty was established, and the rituals were redefined and the Quartet was stabilized.

However, as long as the world is determined, can it be stable? No, every time a new dynasty is established, it brings production development, technological innovation, the expansion of arable land, and the increase of grain production, so that more people can be fed;

Commerce is developed and the circulation of goods can meet the needs of these people's lives;

The flow of goods and books

Overseas, attract more talents, business travelers to China, they spread the Chinese civilization and the doctrine of the saints all over the world, then there are all nations that admire China to come to the court.

Therefore, no one will be hungry to compare the present with the previous dynasty, and the people will only think about how the children's rations will be settled tomorrow and next month?

Even if the overseas countries did not have surplus goods to exchange with them, so that they could wear silk, taste tea, and gain an understanding of morality and etiquette from the ancient books of the sages, then even if the Confucian scholars made more poems praising virtues, how could they be convinced to come from thousands of miles to pay tribute and pay tribute?

The fundamental point is that the Celestial Empire is rich in products and convenient in circulation!

In the common people, they hope that they have surplus grain at home, and that they can take out the surplus silk to exchange for money, and they are not worried about the ups and downs of salt prices, and they can send their children to read the books of sages when they have money in their hands.

This person's normal feelings, compared to spending a lot of money to repair gardens and buy gold and jade antiques, can't be called Longwangshu, right?"

King Ding's face flushed slightly, and he arched his hand and said, "Qing Zhen Xie Yuanye, Xiao Wang is ashamed!"

Li Dan waved his hand: "This is because Chitose has been in the palace all the year round, unlike Li Dan who has been fighting with gangsters and gangsters since he was a child. However, if you have the opportunity to make a few more trips and see more, you will definitely have a deeper understanding of what the minister said."

After he finished speaking, he turned to Princess Miyun: "It is actually very good for the people that the north has not had a major war with the Ergu tribes in the past ten years of recuperation. Without the hassle and loss of transshipment, the people's labor can be restored.

As His Highness said, there are far fewer displaced people in the north as a result. However, there has been an increase in the number of displaced people in the south, which is also one of the main forces of the recent rebellion between the Lou and Yang families.

The main reason for the emergence of displaced people is that they cannot survive or gain a foothold in the original land, but there is a big difference between the north and the south!"

"Oh? Is there a difference between the displaced people?" King Ding was astonished, for the first time he had heard such an argument.

"Of course!" Li Dan smiled: "The people of the north are thinner, and the land is thinner. In the south, there are two or three crops, and in the north, only one season can be produced, and the yield per mu in many places is not as good as that in the south.

For example, Nanzhili and Jiangxi can produce 200 catties per mu, but the north cannot reach it, and even Ganliang is only half of this number.

Therefore, the northland is more prone to displaced people, and epidemics, famines, natural disasters, and lawsuits may displace the people, and these people are the source of unrest and banditry."

"That...... The south is so rich, how can there be displaced people?" Miyun asked puzzled.

"Just like Jiao Tong, he is still a talent, and there is no problem with the family's land to support his parents and brothers, but if he wants to study, he can't be a laborer, but needs to hire others to work for him, so the family's foundation is thin.

With the rich man and the bully coming to seize the land, he was unable to support the lawsuit, so he could only be bullied. As a result, it became more and more embarrassing, and finally reached the point of bankruptcy.

Many displaced people in the south of the Yangtze River were caused by this kind of land annexation and unkindness to the rich, and some officials continued to encourage the merger in order to collect benefits and reflect their political achievements, and this was also the reason why the contradictions among the people intensified and many people took risks.

Therefore, most of the displaced people in the north are caused by the weak people's strength and land resources, and the fragile living environment, while the man-made disasters in the south are more caused by natural disasters than natural disasters, and are more caused by greed, immorality, and improper administration."

"In this way, in order to solve the problem of displaced people, does the imperial court have to issue orders to the south and the north respectively?" King Ding was a little confused when he heard this: "If everything has to be explained by the south and the north, won't it only intensify the dispute between the north and the south?"

"Not necessarily, and the eradication of the displaced is not a simple will." Li Dan replied, "In everything, we must first find the cause through Gewu, and then decide how to start the specific operation.

For example, in the north, where the land is thin and the yield per mu is low, then we must try to change the peasants' labor mode of planting widely and harvesting little, increase soil fertility, adopt crop rotation, select and breed, increase yield per mu, introduce new species from overseas, and enrich the variety of food.

At the same time, now that the Urabu has come to pay tribute, this is a good opportunity, which shows that the Ergu people can't move anymore and want to ask for peace.

The imperial court can take this opportunity to buy cattle and sheep from it, increase the number of cattle,

Breed high-quality breeds, promote the widespread use of cultivated animals, and let the limited people do unlimited things with technology, tools and animal power!"

Li Dan didn't know what kind of shock and enlightenment this conversation left on the king, he said that he just hoped to influence the emperor through the king.

It seemed to be a conversation, but King Ding's heart was surging when he heard it, he never thought that things could be thought from another angle, let alone that the consistent thinking in the past seemed so ridiculous and vulnerable now.

"After I go back, I have to try it in Wang Tian first to see if what Li Sanlang said makes sense!" He said half-jokingly.

Li Dan laughed: "If Chitose wants to try in the royal field, there must be two kinds of people involved: stewards and tenant farmers.

These two kinds of people are not free farmers, and Chitose probably needs a set of management methods, so that these people can improve their enthusiasm for farming and adopt new methods and tools, and it is not simply a matter of rewarding attendance and punishing laziness.

If Chitose is interested, I can write a set of methods for you after Dabi, and use this method to manage the people, and with new seeds, new tools, and new livestock, it will work wonders!"

King Ding was overjoyed: "Okay, good, then it's decided! When the time comes, the lonely Wang Tian will be handed over to you to take care of!"

"Chitose still sets aside a part first, so that the difference can be reflected when compared with the results of the old method of farming."

"Okay, then I'll give you 5,000 acres first!"

When Princess Miyun heard this, she hurriedly *** came: "Count me in! I'll give you five thousand acres too! But...... My fiefdom is further north, can you get there?"

Li Dan said that there was no problem, he thought to himself that there was nothing wrong with a Zhuozhou and a Miyun. It's very strange, why does the emperor like to seal all his brothers and sisters to Shuntian Mansion?

The evening steamer from Jiujiang docked at Anren Wharf, and Mao Zai got off the boat and jumped into the post road carriage into the city, and then went straight to Dongjiacheng.

After a year of construction, Dongjiacheng has begun to take shape, and it is now not only the staff headquarters of the South Division of the Raozhou Regiment, but also the location of the Guardian Martial Arts School of Gu Da as the head of the general sect, and the second battalion of 800 people stationed by Dong Houyong as the commander of the battalion.

Since last year, the Raozhou regiment has been divided into four battalions, including the 2nd Battalion stationed in Anren, the 1st Battalion stationed in Poyang (Jiao Conghu), the 4th Battalion stationed in Yugan (Yang Yi), and the 3rd Battalion stationed in Wannian (Qin and Han), with a total number of 3,700 people.

Brother Mao came to visit the big one, and he talked about the journey intermittently while drinking water. "So you and the lord broke up in Shucheng?" Gu Da asked, "Why did he ask you to come to me?"

"Two things, the first master feels that the Jingshi needs manpower, and the situation over there may be more complicated than we think. The second is to send leaders to the Lujiang Qian family and the Chaohu Jiao family.

Childe said, Brother Gu, you have all the veterans roster here, and in the future, the mobilization and distribution of veterans will be handed over to you, and my family Shiro will send you as a deputy and secretary. This is Childe's letter, please read it." As he spoke, he took out a letter from the tape and handed it over.

"I see, is there anything else you want me to do?" Gu Da asked.

"If you look closely, it has the date and personnel requirements for the rendezvous in the capital. Then please ask Brother Gu to find a horse, I still have to go to Baima and Yu Gan to deliver letters, and I will open the city gate tomorrow and leave!"

Gu Da understood that Li Dan sent him back to Baima, so he invited him to dinner with Dong Houyong that night, and sent two brothers to escort him to Baima early the next morning.

After staying in Baima for a day, he reported to Mrs. Tai (Aunt Qian), two ladies and a girl (Trance Er) on the way, and skipped some details that Li Dan told him not to spread first, but it still made everyone very worried.

"Eh, this kid is really, how can he still meet robbers when walking on the road, it seems that Jiangbei is not very peaceful?" Xiao Qian said, but she also knew that as long as she got to Lujiang and connected with her father and brother, the rest of the matter should be much easier.

Wu Ning'er had a soft temperament and was busy comforting her a few words. Brother Mao told her again: "Don't worry, Mrs. Tai, the two uncles have a very good evaluation of the son, and the eldest uncle even went to Beijing with him!"

"What? My brother has repeatedly failed the test, so he won't be encouraged by this kid to rush the test, right?" Xiao Qian said in surprise, thinking about it, "No matter what he plans, he is willing to come out anyway

It's good to come and go, to move around.

If you can convince him to go on the road together, this kid must have something special for him, otherwise why would he be so attractive that he could put down his books?" caused everyone to laugh for a while, and Xiao Qian casually asked about Yang Dayi and the others.

Xu Ying kept smiling and didn't speak, and when she came out, she asked people to call Mao Zai under her window and asked him if he was hiding something. Brother Mao smiled bitterly: "I know I can't hide it from you, but don't ask anything, this is the emperor's will."

Now there are nobles hidden in the team, protected by the Pterodactyl Guard, and I can't say anything else." Xu Ying knew that things were not so simple when she heard this, and sighed:

"Our master, others hide when they encounter something, but he is a charge. Since His Majesty has a decree, I can't ask anything, so I can only pray for him at home, and wish Saburo all the best and safe!"

The next day, I will be dry. first went to Zeng Qun's residence to send Li Dan's letter to the teacher to report his safety, and then went to the City God Temple to meet Liang Mingshan and Zhao Jingzi.

The two of them read Li Dan's letter, discussed it in a low voice, and immediately sent a summons to invite Wu Mao, Han An, Shen Jie, Master Ba, Feng Shen, Chen Sanwen and Lei Jisheng to come to the discussion.

When several people heard that Li Dan had a messenger arrive, they immediately rushed over. Li Dan set the rules when he left, and Liang Mingshan was the main martial artist, and Han An was the main commercial matter. Therefore, Liang Mingshan sat on one side of the group training people, and the business group sat with Han An on the other side.

"The main reason why you are here is that Gongzi wants us to arrange three things: first, the intelligence, guards, and shops from here to Jiujiang, Anqing, Lujiang, Luzhou Mansion, Fengyang Mansion, Bozhou, and Shangjing all the way should be launched as soon as possible;

Secondly, the Wen family of Tongcheng and the Qian family of Lujiang have expressed their willingness to join the business group, and they want us to send people to contact these two as soon as possible;

Third, Shangjing needs manpower, and Gongzi's intention is to transfer Mr. Wu, Chen Sanlang, Shen Daxia and Mr. Lei to Beijing as soon as possible. Oh, Mr. Wu, Childe also instructed you to bring Hicks and their Tessie to be the guards on the Blackwood Road."

"Childe, has this happened to something serious? Why don't we go with more people?" Master Ba said.

"I know you want to go, and I want to go! But they're all gone, can't you all throw away this stall at home?" Zhao Jingzi smiled bitterly:

"Childe didn't go into details, but he said that it seemed that he might soon be dealing with the court and the upper echelons, and that he needed to have staff to help him take care of various affairs. From this point of view, the situation is not bad, and you don't need to worry too much!"

"Brother Dan is going to show his strength in Beijing."